[Ord. 191, 2/10/1998, § 1]
In placement of trees and vegetative material in the proximity of streets, alleys and Township property, an owner or occupier of land must comply with this Part, as well as the Old Lycoming Township Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27], sign regulations and all other governmental regulations, Federal, State and local.
[Ord. 191, 2/10/1998, § 2; as amended by Ord. 231, 10/14/2008]
1. 
The owners and occupiers of real estate within the Township of Old Lycoming, upon whose property trees have been planted in the proximity of Township streets, alleys or other Township property, shall be maintained by the owner and occupant of said real estate in a safe and diligent manner, including the following:
A. 
All dead limbs shall be removed.
B. 
All trees shall be trimmed in the fashion that there is at least a fourteen-foot clearance between the foliage of any tree and any roadway, alleyway or Township property, including trees overhanging a roadway, alleyway or other Township property, and private rights-of-way.
C. 
Owners and occupants shall trim all trees so that there is a clearance of at least nine feet of trees and/or any vegetation overhanging the sidewalk.
D. 
All dead trees shall be removed expeditiously and otherwise within 30 days upon written notice of any Township official who has been assigned responsibility for the administration of this Part.
E. 
All owners and occupants shall eliminate or trim any tree which has been declared a safety hazard or obstruction by the roadmaster in writing. The roadmaster's opinion with respect to such safety hazard or obstruction shall be final.
[Ord. 191, 2/10/1998, § 3; as amended by Ord. 231, 10/14/2008]
1. 
Any person violating any portion of this Part, including the nonremoval of vegetation or tree within 30 days of being so ordered, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, or other maximum as established by State law, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
2. 
If a tenant, occupant or owner of any real property within the Township of Old Lycoming violates any provision of this Part, the Township may correct the violation by contracting to have the violation removed or having Township employees do the same, so that the said violation is abated, and thereafter may collect all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the violation by the tenant, occupant or owner. The Township may collect all costs and expenses incurred in connection with violation by civil action or municipal lien, which cost shall include the actual cost to the Township and the Township's attorney's fees and court costs.